As the Knesset voting continues, Netanyahu is now chatting good-naturedly with Gallant, the reported leader of the mid-vote compromise gambit, with Levin on the other side of him.
The proposal being discussed, Channel 12 reports without sourcing, would be to halt the vote on the “reasonableness” law after it is approved in a second reading, and send it back to committee. The law would then be returned for its third and final reading, with a text agreed upon in talks with the opposition, in a week’s time. Further judicial overhaul legislation would be delayed for a year, with the goal of reaching consensus.
Channel 12 assesses that the likelihood of this last-minute coalition about-face happening is very small, especially given furious opposition from Levin and Ben Gvir.
It says Levin and Ben Gvir have explicitly threatened Netanyahu that they will bring down the coalition if the bill does not pass, as is, today.
It also reports that President Herzog is still trying to advance a compromise.
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